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F. M'. BASHELIER.

PRINTERS CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1910.

1,057,372, Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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PRINTBRS CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 26, 1910. 1,057,372. Patented Mar'. 25, 1913.

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FRANK IVI. BASI-IELIER, OF JENKINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TOKEYSTONE TYPE FOUN'DRY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENN- SYLVANIA.

PRINTERS CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lilas?, 25, 1913.

Serial No. 579,103.

Application led August 26, 1910.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK M. BAsHELrEn, acitizen of the United States, residing atv Jenkintown, in the county ofMontgomery Immediately beneath the overhanging work-bank 11 are mountedtwo large drawers 13 and 14 for holding` copy, and like material, in aconvenient positi-on for the printers use. Immediately beneath saiddrawers an inclined galley shelf 15 is mounted on brackets 16, attachedto the side of the casing. This side of the cabinet is closed bysuitable panels and the opposite side is open and arranged for two tiersof type cases, metal slides 17 being secured on the adjacent faces ofthe framework on which the type cases 18 are mounted and adapted to run.Said slides 1T extend to the extreme outer edge of the cabinet frame, asshown at the right in Fig. 3, where a portion of the end of the case isbroken away to show the interior construction more clearly. The typecases 18 are each provided with handles 19, and label holders 2,0 ontheir outer edges and are of a depth a few inches less than the depth ofthe cabinet so that when closed the surrounding edges of the cabinetcasing will extend beyond the fronts of said type cases, enabling anycase to be withdrawn to a point where access may be had to its entiredepth without being freed from the slides on which it runs, as indicatedclearly in the right-hand cabinet in Fig. 3. On the top of the cabinet`im-4v mediately above the apex a is mounted, on suitable supportingbrackets, a lead and slug rack 21, inclined toward the work-bank 11 andin convenient reach of the compositor standing at said work-bank. On thecentral pilaster 22 of the cabinet-frame, between the tiers of typecases, are inserted series of pins 23, which project slightly beyond theface of the post and serve as hooks, on which tags, or checks, 24- maybe hung. There is one of such pins, or hooks, for each type case, andeach compositor in the composing room is given a number and furnishedwith tags, or checks, Q4 bearing said number and when any compositortakes any type case from any cabinet in the compo-sing room he hangs acheck bearing his number on the hook, or pin, opposite the space fromwhich he has taken such type case. By this means any type case missingfrom a cabinet in the composing room can be immediately located byreferring to the tag, which indicates the printer who has it and onwhose case it can certain new and useful Improvement-s in PrintersCabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention. consists in certain improvements in the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts of a printers cabinet designed forcompositors use, whereby the type, leads, slugs and other material usedin type sett-ing are stored and held in the most convenient arrangement-for use, and the space in the cabinet and in the composing room aremost economically and advantageously employed, whereby the printer isenabled to do his work without waste of time, as in going from place toplace collecting different material employed in his work, and a savingof a considerable percentage in the expense of composition is therebysecured, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1is a perspective view showing one side of a cabinet of my improvedconstruction, Fig. 2 a similar view of the opposite side, and Fig. 3 aAview indicating a section of a composing room showing two of saidcabinets in end elevation, illustrating their preferred arrangement inthe composing room. one having a section of the casing broken o-ut toshow features of interna-l construction and arrangement more clearly.

The main frame-work or casing 10 of the cabinet, as shown, is of wood,although, as will be readily understood` it may be made of metal, ifpreferred. The frame-work is of any approved cabinet construction and isprovided with a' double work-bank or table on its top preferably of aheight convenient for the compositor to work thereon while in a standingposit-ion. The sides of the top slope each way to provide a work-bank oneach side of the case. As best shown in Fig. 3, the center line` orapex, of the top is near one side, at a point a, of the main part of thecase or cabinet. The work-bank 11 projects out beyond, or over-hangs,its side. 55 of the cabinet, while the work-bankl?4 exbe found. Electriclights :25am arranged above each tier of type cases under the edge ofwork-bank 12 so that by turning a switch each tier of type cases may bereadily and completely illuminated enabling' the compositor to seeclearly to select from any case type that he may need for his particularjob.

By making the double top with one side overhanging the cabinet suoliside affords a work-bank more convenient for the use of the printer asthe cabinet is out of the way of his feet. Also the load in the cabinet,and on its top and shelves, is well balanced and distributed to renderthe cabinet support solid and avoid undue strain thereon. By thearrangement of the cabinets in relation to each other, as shown in Fig.3, all of the type cases used on a job are brought within convenientaccess.

In use, the cabinets being arranged, as shown in Fig. 3, the printer, orcompositor, stands at the work-bank 11, which overhangs, or projectsbeyond, the side of the cabinet, thus enabling him to stand closeWithout said cabinet being in the way of his feet. The type cases fromwhich he is setting the main body of his work are arranged on saidwork-bank 11 and others are arranged on the work-bank 12 immediatelybeiind him and such other cases as contain type which he may need fromtime to time may stand open in the cabinet at his back, as indicated insaid figure. The slugs and leads are in the rack 21 before him and hisgalley is lying upon the work-bank 11 in front of him. The compositor isthus enabled to rapidly set his type in his stick, principally from thecases or work-bank 11 in front of him, but when needing a specialletter, or letters, of a different style for a special line, or otherpurpose, they are found conveniently at hand by simply turning to thecases on work-bank 12 on the cabinet behind him or to a casel standingopen for the purpose. All his material being thus immediately at hand,the printer is enabled to do his work without going from case to case,and from one part of the composing room to another to get specialmaterial that he may need in his work. Should he need type from a typecase in a cabinet in another portion of the composing room, he can takesuch case` leaving his check therefor, as above described, and place itupon his work-bank 11. or 12, where it is available until his job isfinished` when it can be returned to the cabinet w'here it belongs. Allof the type cases carry labels in their label holders 20 indicating thestyle and size of tvpe contained in each case. The electric lightsenable these labels to be easily consulted and the type in any caseclearly inspected, thus avoiding errors and consequent delay andexpense.

By this construction and arrangement of printers cabinets, the work iscarried on with great economy of time and expense, while the space inthe composing room may be utilized to the greatest advantage.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A printer-s cabinet comprisinoa casing with closed ends and oneclosedside, a double inclined top thereon the apex of which is to one side ofthe center of the cabinet and nearer to said closed side, the inclinedtop or said closed side beyond the face of the cabinet, a galley shelfmounted on said closed side beneath said overhanging top, and type casesmounted on slides in the opposite or open side of said cabinet,substantially as set forth.

2. A printers cabinet comprising a casing, a double inclined work-bankon the top of said casing the apex thereof being to one side of thelongitudinal center of said cabinet, that side of said work-bank on thenarrow' side of the angle in the top of the casing projectin beyond thecabinet to provide free working space beneath, and type cases mounted toslide out and in from the opposite side of the cabinet, substantially asset forth.

8. A printers cabinet. comprising' a casing. a double work-bank on thetop of said casing the two sides of which are divided by an angle whichangle is positioned to one side of the longitudinal center of saidcabinet. that side of said work-bank on the narrow side of said angleprojecting beyond the cabinet to provide free working space beneath. andtype cases mounted to slide out and in from the ,opposite side of thecabinet, substantially as set forth.

t. A printers cabinet comprising a casing, a double work-bank on the topof said casing the two sides of which are divided by an angle whichangle is positioned to one side of the longitudinal center of Saidcabinet, that side of said work-bank on the narrow side of said angleprojecting beyond the cabinet to provide free working' space beneath,and the opposite side of the cabinet being formed as a storage cabinet,substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, 1, have hereunto set my hand and seal atlVashington, .District of Columbia this 20th day of August, A. D.nineteen hundred and ten.

FRANK M. BASHELIER. [1.. s] lVitnesses E. 1V. BRADroRD,

J. D. YoaxLEY.

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